Cheryl at Gluten Free Goodness is hosting the Gluten-Free Menu Swap this week with my favorite theme: Quick and Easy! I do like preparing good, healthy food for my family, but I don’t often have a lot of time for a complicated meal. And since my five- and seven-year-olds are still in the stage of preferring to eat plain foods, simple works best for them. I do have to take a break from the plain food now and again to please the palates of myself and my husband, but even then I often find short cuts to make them quick and easy. I may prepare ingredients in advance of meal time, use a Slow Cooker, or choose quick-cooking foods. But probably my favorite short cut is using up the leftovers.

Here are a few of my favorite quick and easy meals that aren’t on this week’s menu:

Heather-We’ve had the socca crusts four times. I’d say that is very good luck. We love them. I’ve used them for pizza night twice and as flatbread with a little pesto and a sprinkle of cheese to go with a soup dinner.